One of the writers in one of the magazines mentioned a scientific geological theory, saying
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The questioner : So half of the earth was in complete light [Al-Kahf 18:90] and the other was in darkness and they did not understand a word, they had no sunlight, then he said we will leave that to our scholars, and it is only open to acceptance and rejection, so what is your opinion?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I see that it is acceptable to accept it, without deviating from it to not delving into it, because we have no knowledge of this. Who informed me that there is a crust and a core that move in opposite directions, then one of them slows down so they align, then the matter is reversed so that night becomes day and day becomes night? We have no knowledge of it. All of this is from speculative statements by which a person can never reach knowledge.
The questioner : The interpretation of the verse?
The Shaykh : As for this, it is wrong, because Dhul-Qarnayn was given by Allah sovereignty and power, and for this he said:[Al-Kahf 18:89-90] So there is a goal and a duration, and the cause is everything that leads to the intended purpose, and the fact that it comes in the form of the indefinite article indicates that it is a great cause, and the meaning is not that he reached this and that in an instant and an instant.
And as for his saying:[Al-Kahf 18:90] the meaning is that they are primitive, they have no dwellings, and nothing that misleads them, or anything like animals, yes, that is correct.
for whom We had not made against it any shield.
لم نجعل لهم من دونها سترًاThe Shaykh : By Allah, I see that it is acceptable to accept it, without deviating from it to not delving into it, because we have no knowledge of this. Who informed me that there is a crust and a core that move in opposite directions, then one of them slows down so they align, then the matter is reversed so that night becomes day and day becomes night? We have no knowledge of it. All of this is from speculative statements by which a person can never reach knowledge.
The questioner : The interpretation of the verse?
The Shaykh : As for this, it is wrong, because Dhul-Qarnayn was given by Allah sovereignty and power, and for this he said:
(89) Then he followed a way (90) Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.
ثمّ أتبع سبباً حتّى إذا بلغAnd he followed a cause
وأتبع سبباًAnd as for his saying: